Support for accordions



Jan. 31, 1933. P DE LUCA 1,895,705

SUPPORT FOR A CCORDIONS Filed Dec. 9, 1931 3 SheetsSheet l L Elm Jail. 31, 1933. p DE LUCA 1,895,705

SUPPORT FOR ACCORDIONS Filed Dec. 9, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 25 i (@D gkltllij O) 25 f1 llomcy Jan. 31, 1933. P. DE LUCA SUPPORT FOR AGCORDIONS Filed Dec. 9, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Jan. 31, 1933 PASQ'UALE DE LUCA, OF PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

surroar r013. aoconmons Application filed December 9, 1931. Serial No. 579,963.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in supports, and more particularly it pertains to a supporting device for accordions.

' It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a new and novel form of support especially adapted for supporting accordions when not'in use.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of the aforementioned character which may be readily disassembled and thus rendered easily portable when not in use. Y

Itis a still further object of the invention to provide a device of the aforementioned character in which the several parts will be rigidly supported or secured in position when the device is set up for use.

, With-the above and other objects in view, 99 reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating the support with an accordion in position thereon,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the support the accordion having been removed,

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View taken on the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view in end elevation,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of one of the elements of the support,

Figure 6 is a. view in side elevation illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention,

Figure 7 is a top plan view of one of the elements of the modified form shown in Figure 6,

Figure 8 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of one end of one of the elements of the support,

Figure 9 is a view in end elevation illus trating a still further modified form of the invention,

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of that form of the invention illustrated inFi re 9,

- Figure 11 1s a plan view illustrating a still further modified form of the invention,

7 Figure 12 is a fragmentary plan view of that form illustrated in Figure 11 and showing the supporting legs in their folded position,

Figure 13 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line l313 of Figure 11,

Figure 14 is a fragmentary view in elevation illustrating a portion of one of the supporting elements,

Figure 15 is a similar view taken at right angles to Figure 14 and illustrated partly in section on the line 1515 of Figure 14,

Figure 16 is a detail fragmentary sectional view illustrating a modified form of support,

Figure 17 is a fragmentary view taken at right angles to Figure 16, and

Figure 18 is a fragmentary View in elevation showing one of the article supporting members in its folded position.

Referring again to the drawings, and more particularly to Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, the device comprises a base member 20 and this base member 20 is supported upon suitable. supporting legs or the like 21. The base member 20 has a plurality of elongated slots 22 which extend longitudinally thereof, there being one slot near each of its side edges, and each of the supporting legs 21 is provided with a bolt or the like 23 which is positioned in one of its slots, and which carries a wing nut or the like 24 by means of which a supporting leg may be secured in position.

The supportlng member 20 is provided at each of its ends with a slot or the like 25 which extends inwardly from the end thereof and this slot forms the means for attaching article supporting members 26. The article supportin members 26 are preferabl in the form 0 vertically extendin stan ards provided near their ends with s oulders 27 and having a screw threaded extension for the reception of a wing nut 28 by means of which the article supporting members are secured in place. Upon the upper end of each article supporting member there is an article receiving element or the like 29 herein illustrated as in the form of a saddle and the article which is carried thereby is illustrated in the present instance as an accordion, A.

With the parts in the position shown in Figures 1 and 4, to knock the article down, it is only necessary to loosen the wing nuts 24 and turn the supporting legs into parallelism with the supporting member and loosen the. wing nuts 28 and bodily remove the article supporting members 26.

In Figure 6 to 8 inclusive, there is illus trated a slightly modified form of the invention and in this form of the invention, the base member2Q is provided near each end with a right angular portion 30 and near the base of this right angular portion 30, there "is lug or the like 31 perforated as. at 32' which;

forms the means for pivotally mounting the article supporting members 26: The upper portion of the right angular member 30 is provided with spaced ears 33am oneof said ears is provided with a slot 34 and the other ear with a perforation 35 which iisinternallyscrew threaded. A threaded bolt 36 passes through the supporting members 26 and has engagement with the slot3 and the threaded perforations 35 to retain the articlesup porfl ing-members 26 in their vertical position.

1 Inthis form of the. invention, thearticle carryingmembers 29 are removably secured to the upperends of the article supporting members 26 by". means of belts or, the like '87 whichpass through openings near the upper ffthe articleSuppo members 26 and have screwthreaded "engagement there consist .of two members 40pivotally connect 7 ed to the base member2Qfas at41 and swingable about these pivotal ipointsel' lnto posi;

'tion at right angles was base member 20 or parallel'thereto as illustrated inFigure 12.

Means is provided for securing these support ing leg members in either of their positions, and in the present embodlment of the nven- 'tion, this means'cons'ists .ofa clamping plate 42 arranged on one side .of the basev member 20. This plate is held in clamping engagement with the members 21 by means of the bolts 41' and bya bolt l i and a wing nut 45.

- In this formof the invention thearticle supporting members 7 26 are pivotally mounted upon a luglor the like and the'base member 20 is provided with right angular portions 51 at itsends and through which bolts or the like 52 pass and have threaded engagement with the article supportingmembers- 26. Thus whenthe bolts 52 are loosened, the arti-, cle supporting members are free to swing downwardly into parallelism with the sup-" porting. member 2 1-as illustrated in Figure 18.; The base member 20 may have screw threaded openings-or. the like-57 each of-Which is adapted to be engaged by the screw or bolt 63 as heretofore mentioned to retain the article supporting members 26 in position upon the base member 20.

In Figures 14 and 15, the article carrying members or saddles 29 are shown as bodily removable, and in thisform of theinvention each article supporting member 26 has a projection 60 adapted to be received in a recess 61 in the angular extension 62 of the saddle 29 and thes'addl'e 29 is secured in fixed position by means of a threaded bolt or the like 63'. c

In Figure 16, there isshown a slightly modified form 'of the invention in which the base 'member 20 has a right angular extension 66 at eachend thereof. Openings 67 and'68 are provided, and the article supporting mem bers 26 have pins or the like 69sand 7 0 receivable respectivelyin the openings 67 r and 68. The supporting members 26 are secured in position by means of boltsor the like 81. While the invention has been herein illus trated in a preferred form, it is-;to;;be understood that the invention is'notlimited toIthe specific constructions herein shown, and that it may be practiced in other. forms without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed asinew, and what it is desired to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States,

l. A support of-the character describedcomprising a basemember supporting feet therefor removably attached to said base member, clamping plates cooperating with said base member. forsecuring the' feet at fixed positionsrelative to the base member, means connecting said clamping plates-with the base members for clamping the supporting feet therebetween, article. supporting members on. the basewmember and foldable relative thereto, and an article carrying mem ber mounted on each ofjthe-article supporting members and foldable relative thereto.

2. A support of thexcharacter described comprising in combinationa; base member,

supporting feet forthe base member, and each of said supporting feet including a pair of members pivoted. to" the basemember, a

clamping plate cooperating; withthe base member for clamping the pivoted ends of the feet members therebetween, a threaded member extending from the base. member and passing through an aperture in'the clamping plate, anda 'nut threadedlyengaged with said threaded member for securing itheplate-in clamping relation relative to the base .mem ber. 1

In a 'support'of'thecharacter described, a base member, an article support-ing mem ber pivotally mounted on the base member, a

an articlew carrying member on the article supporting member, a. bolt engaging-said artlcle carrying member and'said article sup-'- porting member for securing the article carrying member in position on the article supporting member, and said bolt also having an end adapted for threaded engagement in an aperture on said base for securing the article supporting member in a position parallel to said base.

4. In a support of the character described, and in combination, a base member provided with an angularly disposed extension having an aperture, said base member adjacent said extension being also provided with an aperture, an article supporting member provided with angularly disposed pins for reception in said apertures, and bolt means engaging said extension and said article supporting member for securing the latter substantially parallel to said extension.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PASQUALE DE LUCA. 

